外 wài
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wài
noun
outside
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 1; Unihan '外') -
wài
preposition
out; outer
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: May be classified as a localizer because it can be appended to some nouns as a suffix to indicate location. For example, 户外 'outdoors.' (Guoyu '外' n 1; NCCED '外' 1; Sun 2006, loc. 903) -
wài
adjective
external; outer
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 1; NCCED '外' 1; Unihan '外') -
wài
noun
foreign countries
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 外国 (Guoyu '外' n 2; Kroll 2015 '外' 4; NCCED '外' 2; Unihan '外') -
wài
noun
exterior; outer surface
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 2) -
wài
noun
a remote place
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '外' 5) -
wài
prefix
maternal side; wife's family members
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 外甥 'nephew' - son of mother's sister (Guoyu '外' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '外' 6; NCCED '外' 7) -
wài
noun
husband
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Term used by the husband's wife (Kroll 2015 '外' 7) -
wài
adjective
other
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Other than one's own; in the sense of 别的 or 其他 (Guoyu '外' adj 3; NCCED '外' 3) -
wài
verb
to be extra; to be additional
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '外' v 2; NCCED '外' 4) -
wài
adjective
unofficial; informal; exoteric
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 外号 'alias' and 外传 'unofficial biography' (Kroll 2015 '外' 3; NCCED '外' 5) -
wài
noun
role of an old man
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Drama
Notes: In Chinese opera (Guoyu '外' n 3; NCCED '外' 8) -
wài
verb
to drift apart; to become estranged
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 疏远 (Guoyu '外' v 1) -
wài
verb
to betray; to forsake
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 背叛 (Guoyu '外' v 3) -
wài
adjective
outside; exterior
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bāhya, Japanese: ge (BCSD '外', p. 311; DJBT '外', p. 436; MW 'bāhya'; SH '外', p. 184)
Contained in
- 处处无踪迹 声色外威仪(處處無踪跡 聲色外威儀) Never showing any trace; Always with comportment.
- 六师外道; 1. 珊阇耶毘罗胝子 2. 阿耆多翅舍钦婆罗 3. 末伽梨拘舍梨 4. 富兰那迦叶 5. 迦罗鸠驮迦旃延 6. 尼干陀若提子(六師外道; 1. 珊闍耶毘羅胝子 2. 阿耆多翅舍欽婆羅 3. 末伽梨拘舍梨 4. 富蘭那迦葉 5. 迦羅鳩馱迦旃延 6. 尼乾陀若提子) Six Non-Buddhist Schools: 1. The Sanjaya-Vairatiputra Sect; 2. The Ajita-Kesakambala Sect; 3. The Maskari-Gosaliputra Sect; 4. The Purana-Kasyapa Sect; 5. The Kakuda-Katyayana Sect; 6. The Nirgrantha-Jnatiputra Sect
- 外相 Foreign Minister ; exterior appearance ; exterior appearance
- 不以内外色(不以內外色) either as an inside or an outside form
- 外国典籍莫不该贯(外國典籍莫不該貫) had a proficient knowledge of the canonical texts of foreign lands
- 门外汉(門外漢) layman ; layman
- 外空 emptiness external to the body
- 天外有天,人外有人 there are always people who are better than you
- 僧佉外道 Samkhya
- 尼犍陀弗咀罗外道(尼犍陀弗咀羅外道) Nirgrantha-putra
- 尼干陀子外道(尼乾陀子外道) Nirgrantha-putra
Also contained in
外圆内方 、 域外 、 外泄 、 外埔乡 、 老外 、 神经外科 、 外乡人 、 外院 、 野外镜 、 向外 、 外蒙古 、 外行 、 外甥 、 外层空间 、 外质膜 、 里出外进 、 出外 、 国际外交 、 境内外 、 外来 、 外包 、 体外 、 外嫁 、 之外 、 肥水不流外人田 、 外借 、 外媒 、 城外 、 外挂程式 、 例外 、 外径 、 外在 、 外来词 、 外务省 、 外勤 、 外向型 、 外事 、 言外之意 、 国内外 、 逍遥法外
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 224
- Scroll 3 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 185
- Scroll 1 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 128
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 106
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 92
- Scroll 2 Śatakaśāstra (Hundred Treatise) 百論 — count: 92
- Scroll 1 Commentary on the Dvādaśanikāyaśāstra 十二門論疏 — count: 91
- Scroll 7 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 87
- Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 84
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 84
Collocations
- 制外 (製外) 制外怨敵 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 22
- 外怨敌 (外怨敵) 制外怨敵 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 22
- 外色 (外色) 內無色想觀外色 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 18
- 观外 (觀外) 觀外身 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 17
- 外见 (外見) 內思色外見色 — Sutra on the Law of Ten Rewards in the Dirghagama (Chang Ahan Shi Bao Fa Jing) 長阿含十報法經, Scroll 2 — count: 13
- 山外 (山外) 善見山外次有阿抄波山 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 6 — count: 12
- 外身 (外身) 外身身觀 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 11
- 外敌 (外敵) 威德降外敵 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 外门 (外門) 忉利天外門 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
- 外内 (外內) 外內清徹 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 22 — count: 4